'Ringer' Sarah Michelle Gellar times two equals simply OK

Fans of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" are looking forward to years to witness the come back to TV of that show's star, Sarah Michelle Gellar. several are getting to be disappointed. despite the fact that we have a tendency to get twice the most amount Sarah in "Ringer"” (8 p.m. Sept. 13, CW; a pair of stars), she is not 0.5 as attention-grabbing as Buffy was.

Gellar, who conjointly produces this soapy thriller, plays twins Bridget Kelly and Siobhan Martin, who could not be added totally different in their lifestyles, however are unbelievably same in their look. that is my main downside with the series, however slightly other background is needed before i buy into it.

Recovering addict and mob target Bridget hasn’t seen her wealthy Park Avenue sister, Siobhan, in six years. In that point Bridget has used medicine and alcohol, has been a stripper and has saw a murder. She’s currently on the run from the mobster she was speculated to testify against, and from a federal agent (Nestor Carbonell) who wants her to testify.

Siobhan, on the opposite hand, can be a candidate for a brand new solid member of “Real Housewives of recent York.” She’s pampered, primed and totally bitchy to everybody round her. Siobhan loves Siobhan, as you'll see by the enormous photo of her face on the wall of her apartment. And she’s clearly been bored, as she looks to relish ruining lives round her. the planet is her playground, and anyone nearby can be her toy. She’s sleeping together with her best friend’s husband (Kristoffer Polaha), features a we’re-only-married-in-name arrangement together with her husband (Ioan Gruffudd).


When she reunites with Bridget, she looks to need to help her sister out, however mysteriously disappears whereas on a ship ride. Bridget, thinking her sis has taken her own life, decides to become Siobhan as a result of nobody however her sister is aware of she came to go to.

She soon learns that Siobhan's life wasn't as easy or good or safe as she assumed.

That sounds intriguing, right? And it should find yourself being way more attention-grabbing than what viewers can see within the 1st episode. They’ll got to 1st get past the real fact that no addict, in spite of how identical they will be, might pass for a girl who in all probability spends 2 days every week at a spa and sees a stylist or manicured .

“Have you lost weight?” each her husband and her bestir (Tara Summers) raise her. Yeah, as a result of i used to be an addict! See my rotten teeth too? And my ratty ass hair?

OK, therefore I’m having a true drawback with the thought that Bridget might escape with this switch for even one second.

If you'll look past that, you’ll still got to trot out a story therefore dense it takes a handful long exposition scenes to explain it all.

At least Gellar’s the one doing the explaining. I loved her because the snarky, sensible Buffy. And though “Ringer” takes itself way too seriously (really, the show might use a handful lighter moments), Gellar’s Bridget features a bit of Buffy’s perspective. She plays each sisters rather low-key, however, spending lots of your time merely trying shocked when she’s Bridget-being-Siobhan.

Hopefully the writer’s can give her more attention-grabbing things to try to do as we have a tendency to go along. i believe it’ll happen, as a result of there’s a delicious twist toward the top of the première that will have me curious for added.